What is the Appropriate Amount of Compensation for CEOs
Practice Pointers from the Task Force
a. Total
Compensation
b. Compensation
Policies/Philosophies
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Understanding Pay-for-Performance
—Mark Van Clieaf, MVC Associates International
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Incorporating Performance and Trends into
Compensation Planning
—Beverly Aisenbrey, Frederic W. Cook & Co.
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How Much Pay For How Much Performance?
—Don Delves, The Delves Group
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Solving the Pay Gap Crisis
—Matt Ward, Aon Consulting
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Rethinking Executive Pay: Don’t Create Another
Giveaway
—Claude Johnston, Pearl Meyers & Partners
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Compensation Hot Topics Survey
—Robbi Fox, Hewitt Associates
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Companies With "Hold 'Til Retirement" Guidelines
—Robbi Fox, Hewitt Associates
- Reconciliation of Performance Data for Incentive Purposes to GAAP Financials
—Fred Cook, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
- The Institutional Investors' Point of View
—Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate of The Corporate Library
- Best Practices from Institutional Investor Perspective
—Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate of The Corporate Library
c. SERPs, Perks,
Severance, Options, Etc.
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What Compensation Committees Should Consider
When Reviewing a Change in Control Package
—Anonymous Task Force Member
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A Lesson in Stock Option Plan Drafting
—Mike Melbinger, Winston & Strawn LLP
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How to Understand the Benefits Provided by SERPs
—Marian Tse, Goodwin Procter LLP
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Executive Pay Trends and Golden Parachute Tax
—David G. Johnson, Ernst & Young LLP
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De-Mystifying SERPs
—Anonymous Task Force Member
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The Risks of SERPs
—Anonymous Task Force Member
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The Problem with Today’s Severance Payments:
Conflicts of Interest and More
—Paul Hodgson, The Corporate Library
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Know The Cost Of Golden Parachute Gross-Up
Provisions
—Linda Griffey, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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SERP Design and Value/Cost Considerations
—Bill Gerek, Hay Group
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The Hidden Costs of SERPs & Deferred
Compensation Arrangements - And What to Do About It!
—Diane Doubleday, Mercer Human Resources Consulting
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Use of Corporate Aircraft and the Method for
Determining Value Attributed to That Use
—Beverly Aisenbrey, Frederic W. Cook & Co.
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Plane Perks
—David Cay Johnston, NY Times Reporter
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Timing and Proxy Disclosure of Stock Option
Grants
—Fred Cook, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
d. Contract Issues
e. Liability
Issues
g. Internal Pay Equity
h. Media Articles
[Conference07/html/materials/docs/Media/02-inc.htm] Firm Memos
- Equity and Deferred Compensation
- "Best Compensation Ideas, Features, Packages," Part I and Part II George Paulin, Frederic W. Cook & Co., The Corporate Counsel and The Corporate Executive
- "Freezing the Golden Parachute," Baker & Hostetler (12/05)
- "Fair Value Transfer: Alternative Approach to Measuring Aggregate Long-Term Income Grant and Value," Frederic W. Cook & Co. (2/05)
- "Regulatory Update,"
Frederic W. Cook & Co. (8/12/04)
- "Novel Ways to Structure Pay Packages,"
Joe Bartlett, Fish & Richardson LLP (6/23/04)
- "Are Boards and CEOs Accountable for the Right Level of Work?" MVC Associates International (5/04)
- "Directors' and Officers' Liability The SEC's Temporary Escrow Authority," Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (4/14/05)
- "Stock Plan Design,"
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (1/21/04)
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"Changing Equity Compensation Rules
– Is Your Company Ready?" Palmer & Dodge (10/9/03)
- "Long-Term and Stock-Based Grant Practices for Executives,"
Frederic W. Cook & Co. (9/03)
- "Stock Ownership Policies,"
Frederic W. Cook & Co. (9/03)
- "Option Expensing Update: FASB’s Preliminary Decisions and Strategies for Cost Mitigation,"
Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions
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"Reconsidering Long-Term Incentive Vehicles,"
FPL Associates
- Proxy Guidelines on Compensation
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